Pronunciation: /nɛɡ hɪt/
noun a negative hit or attack
A1 I received a neg hit on my credit score after missing a payment.
A2 She was disappointed to get a neg hit on her performance evaluation.
B1 The company's stock price took a neg hit after the CEO's scandal was revealed.
B2 The team's morale suffered a neg hit after losing the championship game.
C1 The company's reputation took a significant neg hit after the product recall.
C2 The politician's campaign experienced a major neg hit after the scandal was exposed.
verb to make a negative hit or attack
A1 I neg hit the target with my Nerf gun.
A2 The detective neg hit a dead end in the investigation.
B1 The hacker attempted to neg hit the company's database.
B2 The marketing campaign failed to neg hit the intended audience.
C1 The new policy implementation neg hit several employees' morale.
C2 The unexpected news neg hit the stock market causing a sharp decline.
formal The forensic team confirmed a negative hit on the DNA sample taken from the crime scene.
informal The test results came back as a neg hit, so we can rule out that suspect.
slang Looks like we got a neg hit on that search query, try a different keyword.
figurative Her comment was a real neg hit to his confidence, he felt deflated afterwards.
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